Guide for the design of ladies&#39; gowns.



No. 728,498. PATBNTED MAY 19, 1903.

k A. B. VRHEINVHEIMER. GUIDEFOR THE DESIGN OF LADIES GOWNS.

- APPLIUATIOHTILED MAR. 17, 1902.

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GUIDE FOR THE DESIGN OF LADIES GOWNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,498, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed March 17, 1902. fierial No. 98,509. (No model.) I

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. RHEIN- HEIMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Guides for the Design of Ladies Gowns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings. I

In the designing of ladies gowns great difficulty has been experienced by tailors and dressmakers in producing a drawing or sketch sufficiently artistic to give a prospective customer a satisfactory impression of how the finished gown will appear. It has required an artistic ability far beyond that of the usual tailor or dressmaker. I have discovered that this difficulty arises largely from inability of the designer to draw the head and contour of the body supposed to be wearing the gown rather than the details of the gown itself, and

I have devised a blank figure consisting of a' head and the outline of a gown, which may be filled in by the tailor or dressmakerto represent the complete gown without requiring artistic ability. I supply the outline figure with alight dotted medial vertical line, and waist and collar lines may also be provided as guides to the eye. I find my blanks are very advantageous in enabling the tailor to compile, so to speak, a gown from several fashion-plates and show the effect of the associated details, of which'it is impossible for the ordinary purchaser to make a satisfactory mental picture. The blanks are also very useful is assisting the purchasers themselves in describing the kinds of gowns they have in mind. I preferably collect numerous blanks on which such outline figures are made in a perforated pad or note-book. This allows the designer to make sketches as deof the above features, as hereinafter more fully explained and set out inthe claim.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the blank itself ready for receiving any design of a gown. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate different forms of design applied to said blank and in-i dicate the variety of designs which may be filled in upon'it. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the blanks made up into a pad.

In each of the views the blank is the same, consisting of the outline figure A A A of the skirt, the waist, and the sleeves, respectively, The medial longitudinal lines B and B are preferably employed as'guides,and,if desired, dotted lines 0 and D may also be employed to indicate the collar and waist lines. It will be noticed that the head E and feet F are shown with'some detail and greatly aid in giving a realistic appearance to the design.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the various parts of the blank may be seen, and by a comparison it will appear what a great aid the blank is in making such figure, though the complete designs will be very difierent.

I claim- A guide for the design of ladies gowns consisting of a solid piece of material similar to paper, having on it an outline of the skirt, waist and-- sleeves, said material being substantially blank between said outlines to allow the details of the gown to be drawn thereon, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. ALBERT B. RHEIN-HEIMER. Witnesses:

ALBERT H. BATES, H. M. WISE. 

